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Tree Root and Stability Studies

Tree Root and Stability Studies is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the mechanical effects of plant roots, particularly their role in reinforcing soil and enhancing slope stability. It explores topics such as root reinforcement, slope stability, wind damage, biomechanics of roots, and their implications for forest management and landslide prevention.

  • Root Reinforcement
  • Slope Stability
  • Mechanical Effects
  • Plant Roots
  • Wind Damage
  • Soil Reinforcement
  • Forest Management
  • Biomechanics
  • Landslides
  • Vegetation
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+33%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Tree Root and Stability Studies

Which countries lead Tree Root and Stability Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.7k and 484 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.7k works
  2. 2 United States 484 works
  3. 3 India 359 works
  4. 4 Japan 196 works
  5. 5 Italy 174 works
  6. 6 Brazil 167 works
  7. 7 Germany 166 works
  8. 8 France 162 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 133 works
  10. 10 Canada 133 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 46.1%United States: 13.2%India: 9.8%Japan: 5.3%6 others listed: 25.5%46%largest
China1,690 · 46.1%United States484 · 13.2%India359 · 9.8%Japan196 · 5.3%6 others listed935 · 25.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Tree Root and Stability Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Tree Root and Stability Studies research, followed by Nanjing Forestry University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 86 works
  2. 2 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 65 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 42 works
  4. 4 Northeast Forestry UniversityChina 33 works
  5. 5 Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 32 works
  6. 6 Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFrance 29 works
  7. 7 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 28 works
  8. 8 Tongji UniversityChina 27 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 24 works
  10. 10 China Agricultural UniversityChina 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Tree Root and Stability Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Tree Root and Stability Studies include Jun Wang, Peter B. Reich and Josep Peñuelas.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Peter B. Reich United States 189k citations
  3. 3 Josep Peñuelas Spain 160k citations
  4. 4 Robert B. Jackson United States 149k citations
  5. 5 Jin Li China 132k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Tree Root and Stability Studies?

The most cited paper in Tree Root and Stability Studies is "Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media" (Petrus A. C. Raats, 1973), with 3,468 citations. Next come "Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees" (3,146) and "Biological Feedbacks in Global Desertification" (2,542).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media Petrus A. C. Raats · Soil Science Society of America Journal Jul 1973 3,468
2 Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees Jérôme Chave et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 10 May 2014 3,146
3 Biological Feedbacks in Global Desertification William H. Schlesinger, James F. Reynolds, Gary L. Cunningham et al. · Science 2 Mar 1990 2,542
4 A review of statistically-based landslide susceptibility models Paola Reichenbach, Mauro Rossi, Bruce D. Malamud et al. · Earth-Science Reviews Open access 9 Mar 2018 2,400
5 Rapid Flow Cytometric Analysis of the Cell Cycle in Intact Plant Tissues David W. Galbraith, Kristi R. Harkins, Joyce M. Maddox et al. · Science 3 Jun 1983 1,984
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Where is Tree Root and Stability Studies research done?

The largest centres of Tree Root and Stability Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Chengdu (China) and Xi'an (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 364 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 134 works
  3. 3 ChengduChina 64 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 61 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 58 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 54 works
  7. 7 HarbinChina 53 works
  8. 8 ChangshaChina 51 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 42 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 41 works
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Where is the best place to study Tree Root and Stability Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing Forestry University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and China University of Geosciences score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 22.66%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →China University of …Chengdu University o…Hong Kong University…Nanjing Forestry Uni…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 77.922.0%30.1×65 +66.0%
2Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 71.322.8%6.0×12 +25.2%
3China University of GeosciencesChina 68.234.4%6.2×13 +73.3%
4Chengdu University of TechnologyChina 63.623.4%10.5×19 +103.6%
5Jiangsu UniversityChina 62.024.3%4.8×18 +202.9%
6Tongji UniversityChina 60.219.9%3.7×27 +84.0%
7Beijing Normal UniversityChina 58.734.5%2.6×10 +58.1%
8Northwest A&F UniversityChina 56.718.0%11.3×21 +77.4%
9Beijing Forestry UniversityChina 54.112.7%23.8×32 +47.3%
10China Agricultural UniversityChina 53.614.6%8.9×23 +239.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Tree Root and Stability Studies, country by country

Is Tree Root and Stability Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Tree Root and Stability Studies.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Tree Root and Stability Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Tree Root and Stability Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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